Best Productivity Tools
1. Best Booking Software
BOOK LIKE A BOSS
Appointment Booking software is a HUGE time saver.
I used to spend so much time finding appointments, scheduling Zoom Links, sending reminders and questionnaires. Now, the entire thing is automated.,
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2. Best Productivity Tool
Productivity Planner for Small Business Owners
I’ve used a variety of Productivity Planners. But they all seemed to be missing something. So, I created my own based off the science of productivity. It has a step-by-step process for picking your top priorities, time-blocking your day, with activities like working out and gratitude that boost productivity. It’s a must have tool that I use every day.
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3. Best Internal Linking Plugin
Link Whisper
Why I love it
Linking between all your blog posts takes FOREVER. This tool not only tells you how many times each page is linked to, it generates suggestions of how you can link from one page to another post is linked to, it generates a TON of suggestions. If you like the suggestion, you can add the link in the click of a button.
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4. Best Time Tracking/Financing
Freshbooks
Freshbooks has fantastic invoices, time tracking, and expense tracking. You can even create invoices directly from your time tracking. It’s a fantastic expense system for tracking. If you have less than 6 clients, it’s the cheapest accounting platform. It’s a simple and easy tool to keep track of clients, hours, and billing.
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5. Best Social Media Scheduling
Zoho Social
Affordable but powerful, Zoho Social lets you schedule to Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, LinkedIn, LinkedIn Business Page, and Google My Business Page.
You can also see and respond directly to comments. You can even have it post at the best time for your audience and give team members various access.
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6. Best Password Manager
Keeper Password Manager
Keeper is incredibly secure and it saves a ton of time since you can install plugins to autofill your passwords. You can also auto generate random, 16 character passwords. I had my accounts hacked before using Keeper, and now every single password is secure, unique, and 16 characters long.
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7. Best Free CRM Software:
Hubspot CRM
While HubSpot has paid options, they have a fantastic CRM which lets you keep track of customers, set reminders to follow up, and see if people have opened your email and clicked the link.
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8. Best Automatic Subtitle Generator
Otter.ai
Otter.ai works great for me. Rev is more accurate and a bit more expensive (around $1 a minute) and I use it sometimes. But, with my current workflow Otter.ai works great. You can have an automatic transcription in minutes that’s 95% accurate. Very great results and affordably priced.
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9. Best Image Processing App
Glorify
I was using Canva to create images, but this one is much better. First, you get access to ALL their templates with the plan for all the different file sizes. But, by far the biggest selling point is the background remover. It’s SO easy to cut out a person from the background. I’ve used Photoshop and a variety of tools and none come close at removing background. I still use Photoshop for advanced photo editing, but this is a crucial part of my toolkit.
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10. Best for Key YouTube Data
Vid IQ
VidIQ features a number of tools and metrics that you can’t get through YouTube analytics.
You can see what content from your competitors are getting the most views per day. It’s a fantastic tool for analyzing what’s working best and other key metrics for your channel
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11. Best Website Suite
Thrive Themes
If you’re trying to generate emails, leads, and sales using your WordPress website, this is a absolute must have. It has everything for creating pages, split testing (testing different variations of a page to see what performs better. You can run quizzes, have a variety of email opt-ins. It’s really the full package and it fits together beautifully.
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12. Best Free Calendar Scheduling Tool
Calendly
You need the pro version of Cartflows to do all of the most advanced funnels: upsells, downsells, order bumps, etc. But, Cartflows is still a great tool to have a custom checkout and thank you page on your WordPress website. It’s much better than the default checkout you get with a tool like Woocommerce.